Monday, November 22, 2010

Smeared Ink Monday- SI Design Team - Kenny K Blog Hop!!!

You should be arriving here from my darling friend Lady B's scrumptious blog. If not please start HERE so that you don't miss any of our team's amazing creations!!

I'm so excited to be here with you and my fellow Smeared Ink sisters having a blast with our amazing hop sponsor Kenny K!!!

I had the great pleasure of working with Kenny's Alice Chains stamp. I first colored her with my Copics and Prismacolor markers. I then hit her flowy skirt with a thick coat of Crystal Glaze and let the entire piece dry for a couple of days.

When completely hardened, I trimmed the image out very carefully with my craft snips. I was so excited with how vibrant her colors came out. I primarily used oranges and purples to really make her super sassy.

My card base is SU! cardstock in Tangerine Tango. My next layer is a light purplish, textured wallpaper from Gauche Alchemy. The next 2 layers are a variety of purple DP that I pulled from my ginormous scrap stash. Alice is backed with ouchless cardboard, also from Gauche Alchemy. My embellishments on the side include a cool, purple scroll that was cut using my Cricut. This is topped with a crocheted flower sent from one of my fab DT gals from SI, centered with a faux vintage "pleather" brad.

I added Alice using 3-D foam adhesive and as a lasting touch used old school Mrs. Grossman's (all of you children of the 70's and 80's will know what I'm talkin' about) star stickers to maker our star hottie just twinkle!!!

I'm a stay at home wife to my darling hubby of almost 19 years. I'm also a homeschooling Mum of 3 small, beautiful, delicious and often sticky children and a gorgeous and sweet pitbull named Katie.
I've always loved art, crafting and photography. I find time every single day to work one or all of these into the mere 24 hours that we have daily. I find it fulfills my soul, my mind and keeps my "zen" in check.